The sad thing is most of the Muslims here, or at least the most outspoken ones, seem to confirm and reinforce every negative stereotype and generalization people make about Muslims. I think a lot of Americans who didn't know much about Islam were willing to go with Bush's "Islam is a peaceful religion" statement off face value, and the more people learned about Islam and the actions and thoughts of those who follow it, they concluded otherwise. They talked about this on real time with Bill Maher last night.